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Dado Bar Kalifa

IDF manpower head Dado Bar Kalifa testifies at a State Control Committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 17, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 31, 2026, 10:19 pm
Bar Kalifa tapped as top IDF West Bank officer, weeks after Katz announced move on TV
Military confirms current Personnel Directorate chief will move into the role next year; in first, woman tapped to command Artillery Corps’ 282nd Regiment
By Emanuel Fabian
Left to right: Defense Minister Israel Katz, July 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90); IDF Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, February 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, July 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 3, 2026, 12:38 pm
Katz tries to walk back on-air removal of top general, as opposition, allies call to oust Katz
Lawmakers, former generals, settlement leaders decry defense minister’s live TV replacement of Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth; IDF said freezing senior appointments until elections
By Emanuel Fabian, Jeremy Sharon, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Minister of Defense Israel Katz announces that he's replacing the IDF's top West Bank general, on Channel 14, August 2, 2026. (Screenshot)
August 3, 2026, 5:17 am
Katz announces on TV he’s replacing top West Bank general; IDF says he’ll stay in his role
Open dispute erupts between army and defense minister, who tells right-wing Channel 14 live studio audience that Maj. Gen. Bluth acted against his policy on violent settler, names Bluth’s successor, and declares he has ‘absolute control over what is necessary’ in IDF
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
IDF Personnel Directorate chief Maj. Gen. Dado Bar Kalifa speaks with new Haredi soldiers at the Tel Hashomer base, May 3, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 18, 2026, 3:18 am
IDF manpower chief: Extension of service period doesn’t replace need for more troops
Dado Bar Kalifa says extending compulsory service to 32 months ‘allows a minimal breathing room’ for conscripts and reservists, calls ‘to expand the scope of draftees and those serving’
By Emanuel Fabian
Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police during a protest against the conscription of yeshiva students on Route 4 near Bnei Brak, September 11, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 17, 2025, 8:14 pm
IDF manpower chief: Arrests of Haredi draft dodgers ineffective, sanctions needed
Leader of anti-government protest group dragged out of discussion on ultra-Orthodox conscription after not being allowed to address defense panel
By Sam Sokol and Emanuel Fabian
Israeli flags on graves of fallen soldiers in Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem ahead of Israeli Memorial Day, April 29, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 3, 2025, 7:35 pm
IDF suicides tied to combat trauma, internal probes said to reveal
Military steps up mental health care as Personnel Directorate chief visits reservist soldier’s grieving family
By Stav Levaton and Emanuel Fabian
Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, January 22, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson)
January 22, 2025, 10:08 pm
Deputy AG: Proposed draft law doesn’t meet IDF’s needs, contravenes High Court ruling
Katz threatens to tank enlistment bill unless it ensures the preservation of the ‘Torah world,’ the network of full-time yeshivas that form the backbone of ultra-Orthodox society
By Sam Sokol
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox -- photographed here through a metal fence -- attend a rally against the conscription of Haredi yeshiva students to the military, in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood on June 30, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 17, 2024, 3:53 pm
Haredi draft is no longer a mere political issue: The IDF’s readiness depends on it
Over the past year, the outgoing head of the Personnel Directorate devoted most of his time to quiet diplomacy with rabbis in the ultra-Orthodox community. It didn’t work
By Amir Bar Shalom
File: Brig. Gen. Shlomi Binder in 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 2, 2024, 10:48 pm
IDF appoints new intel chief, promotes 4 other generals, despite far-right opposition
Brig. Gen. Shlomi Binder will replace Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, who resigned over October 7 failures; two division commanders who fought in Gaza are given promotions
By Emanuel Fabian
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